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Posted by John Boyd on 07:17:53 12/06/12
In Reply to: Nanday Parakeets now on ABA Checklist posted by Donna Schulman
The current rule seems to be that you can count it as long as it seems to be part of an established population, regardless of whether any committee has ruled on its establishment there. This is from the discussion on the ABA website.
That potentially affects not just Nandays elsewhere in Florida, but also in California.
"Michael Retter said in reply to Ted Floyd...
That's correct, Ted. AS THE RULES ARE CURRENTLY WRITTEN, once it's on the checklist, you can count it anywhere within the ABA Area, so long as according to the observer's best judgement, the bird seen is from a population that meets the criteria for establishment. And whether the population meets those criteria is also up to the observer."
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